Helpful Score: 3
This book was required reading for me in a graduate class, and I was surprised to find that I loved it.
Set in the ending months of WWII, this book is almost as much about a place - Port William - as it is about the characters. It is written beautifully and should be enjoyed, read slowly, to pick up all the details throughout. The ties between family and friends are so realistic, it is like living in your own small town. I really enjoyed the gentle humor at times and the strong sense of "place" that came when reading. Not action-packed and not quick to read, this is wonderful writing about a wonderful community, almost poetry.
Set in the ending months of WWII, this book is almost as much about a place - Port William - as it is about the characters. It is written beautifully and should be enjoyed, read slowly, to pick up all the details throughout. The ties between family and friends are so realistic, it is like living in your own small town. I really enjoyed the gentle humor at times and the strong sense of "place" that came when reading. Not action-packed and not quick to read, this is wonderful writing about a wonderful community, almost poetry.
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